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-...~ ~.. q PAGE 6,WH]BY FREE'PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1M9 ýshed every Wednesday f677209 Ontario mc. Phone: 668-6111 668-6112 668-6369 Doug Anderson Publisher VOUC 'E 0F THE COUNTY TOWN The only Whitby newspaper independently owned and operated by Whitby residents for Whftby residents. Maurice Pifher Editor Peter irvine Advertising Manager Alexandra Simon Production Manager wD Three's a crowd. Although Its flot as crowded as the tour last year by severai Durham'Region councilloms and staff, ln Europe last year ta study waste reduction techniques. Oniy recently, reglonal chairman Gary Herrema, waste management chairman John Aker and operations dimec- tor Art Leitch took off ta Germany to attend a trade fair for waste disposai technology. We agree that sohool is stili ln session for waste management. Studies shouid continue, ail options should be consldered. But as the education process continues, perhaps one student, two at the most (one staff men-ber and/or one poltician?) shouid undertake that studyand relay detailied reports to the Region. lt's cheaper, and wiII probably acompllsh*Just as much. ........... .. . ......................................... .. . . . . . . . . . .W..V.................. ............. 0 0 Townm has piri orities mîLxed Up' To the editon. Coçiy of letter to Maye Attersley sud couneil members I'protest! By Terry O'Shaughnessy Perhaps the best gauge of how opposed the Canadian public is to the widely condemned Goods and Ser- vices Tax is the fact that they believe the heavily criticized Senate has the right to reject the GST legisiation. The existence of the Senate has been a sore point for Canadians for many years. Unelected Senators, in their various poses of patronage appointees and party faithful, have often been viified by a public disgusted with supporting the expensive but essentially decorative Upper House. But recent poil resuits, conducted nationally by the Angus Reid Group on behalf of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, showed that 62 per cent of respondents feel the Senate has a legitimate role to reject the GST legisiation. (Only 29 per cent of the general public state they do not believe the Senate has this right while 9 per cent state no opinion on the matter). Provincially, respondents in Manitoba and Saskatchewan gave the strongest boost to the Senate, with 79 per cent supporting the right to reject the GST. The Atlantic provinces checked in at 64 per cent support, B3ritish Columbia at 61 per cent, and Quebec at 53 per cent. Even Aibertans, who have ex- pressed great dissatisfaction with the current structure of the Senate and whose provincial government wants the syst em changed in order to have stronger representation for their own province, supported to the tune of 65 per cent the Senate's right to kili the GST (resuits which mfatched those in Ontario). On a national The longer I live in Whitby, the more disheartened I become with the management of growth and development. Many. beautiful, historic buildings and homes are being tomn down and replaced by basis, Canadians also believe b' 64 per cent to 26 per cent (10 per cent stated no opinion) that the Senate has the right to change the GSI legislation. Canadians must be very bitter indeed to be invoking the Senate's help. But the fact is, the public obvi- ously feels. that the federal govern- ment rammed the GSI legislation through the House of Commons before adequate discussion had been held on the many questionable aspects'of the complex legislation. The poli results back this up show- ing a strong national. majority of 76 per cent of respondents expressing the view that the Senate shouid hold public hearings on the contentious tax. According to Catherine Swift, Vice President of Research and Chief Economist for the CanadianeFder- ation of Independent Business, these findings are very signifîcant. "There is a strong message here," says Swift, "not only for the Senate but for the federal government. Cana- dians are not only dispieased with the GST, they obviously feel that cross- country hearings are necessary in order to give the public a chance to be heard on this issue. " The bottom ulne is, regardless of how Canadians view the Senate in general terms, they fuliy endorse not only the Senate's right to change and reject the GST legisiation, they also overwhelmingly support cross- country hearings. But there's no doubt about the fact that, by siding with the Senate against the GST, Canadians find themselves between a rock and a hard tax. CFIB Feazure Seîvîce unnecessary strip plazas and unattractive office bulins With the number of strip plama and convenience stores ) built, Dundas and Brock streets are looking more and - more like Kingston Road ilg Scaxborough. Certainly there are enough' shops near every subdivision for people to buy their necessities. We don't need any more, especiaMly in areas that are a naturel greenbelt such -as Lick Pond. Where are your priorities? Do nature and natureal beauty mean nothing? Wildlife ai 'thotie ponds wiil disappear. Don't you .care about that ai; ail? People who go sicating i the winter will no longer bea-le ta, do that éither. I see lots of cIfldren and their parents skating there Garbagejnktpamxed To the editor. Europe in sprxingtime ... what could be better? Not much, if the tripis*etg pad for by someoee else, namely the taxpayers of Durham. n. 1989 five individuels purloined their tickets ai; $5,000 a pp. This year tbree went at $1,50 each - this year's batch must have gone by cattle boat compared ta the 1989 gang. And one coundillor dlaims he would rather go ta bis cottage ... if you believe that, I have a bridge I would like ta seli you. At a time when the property owners of Durhamn are having taxes heaped upon them beyond rmEaty, these purveyors of rhetoric indulge themselves with free foreign tripe The fect that no benefit ta the taxpayer bas evolved from these 'junkets"- abroad surely must; indicate these trips are an irresponsible misuse of public funds for pereonal gratification. Oopâl! I stand corrected, I did read somewhe re that one of these galse leamned that somewhere in Europe, uniformed students pick up garbage from the roadéide. Imagine that . . . we would neyer have thought of that. Perhaps nexi; year, Durham counicil will not budget for yet enother spring garbage toot. And any councillor that rafywould like to go could payÎfortht, 'tnip out of the one one-third tax-free allowance they receive. Nobody cen explain why they receive this privileged evasion of taxes- not en.joyed by others who have to work for a livinig. Oh yes, should the free trip not be aveileble to the new 'Duirham Travel Dep t." in 1991, at leasi; one coun.lor will be happy ... lie wil get bis grass cut ai; bis cottage. And if you believe that, ll throw in a fr-ee coat of peint with the bridge. every winter. Leave it alone! For Heavex?s sake, cen we flot leave intact some of the pleasures that people get fiom walking ta the pond in their tôwn and going, for a skate with their farnily. There is no ggbd- reason t6 destroy these ponds. Select another location. On that same note, I prts the deciion by council (except for Mr. Drumm and Mr. Brunelle who have some sense of what the people ini this town deserve) ta eret 'no parking' and 'no feeding the geese' signe by the bridge on Broc-k St. S. The swans, geese and ducks are another natural pleasure for us'ta, see. Why are you so adamant that the geese should not be there? After ail, the water and marsh areas are perfect for these birds to nesi; and live in. And for crying out loud, what trouble is*8ut for a motérisi; to have ta slow down or stop ta let the birds cross the road? You guys are ridiculous! Instead of 'no parking' signs, you should ereci; signs advising people ta .ï> v down for the geese. They have to slow down for the curve ai1d .he boat launching anyway. Ifs tixne to get off the "progress ai; wvhatever cost" bandwagon and start thinkIng about the quality of life in Whitby. Ites being destroyed and I feel you are responsible. There's more ta life' than mails, plazas, c ondominiums and convenience stores. Give the residents of Whitby a break. Helen Clark 131 Brook Street 'North, P.O. Box 206, Whltby, Ont. LiN5l 2 nd Classa Postal Registration #05351 Three's a crowd Between a rock and a hard tax àr